Angela Fairhurst, Author at Tiny Buddha

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Angela Fairhurst is a writer, television producer, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Her work spans luxury travel journalism, sustainability, and personal essays on grief, healing, and identity. She’s also the founder of Geri-Gadgets®, a line of sensory tools inspired by her caregiving journey with her mother. Through her creative work and lived experience, she explores what it means to find clarity, connection, and strength at any age or stage of life.

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When Someone You Love Shuts the Door

By Angela Fairhurst

“It is one thing to lose people you love. It is another to lose yourself. That is a greater loss.” ~Donna Goddard

We didn’t mean to fall into anything romantic. It started as friendship, collaboration, long voice notes about work, life, trauma, and healing. We helped each other solve problems. We gave each other pep talks before difficult meetings. He liked to say I had good instincts; I told him he had grit.

We shared vulnerabilities like flashlights in the dark—he told me about getting into fights, going to jail, losing jobs because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut. I

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